Golden Eagle athletes lend hand at Great Move-In Day

Aug 27, 2009

Golden Eagle Camp Notebook / Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009

Players assist at dorms with Great Move-In Day

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Golden Eagles football team has
operated on a very tight schedule this preseason. However, with the
academic year beginning on Monday, the players strayed from their
normal regimen to help incoming TTU freshmen move into the
dorms.

Several members of the football team gathered at New Residence
Hall around 1 p.m. to welcome the college newcomers. Among those
present at New Residence Hall were Marcus Edwards, Kedrick Towles,
Taylor Hennigan, Zack Ziegler, Zach Salada, Cory McDonald, Jerry
King and Cass Barnes.

Alongside members of the Golden Eagle cheerleading squad, the
football players spent Thursday afternoon carrying mini
refrigerators and boxes of clothes for grateful incoming students
and parents. While the student-athletes put a smile on many faces,
they also left with a grin, knowing that they made a difference in
someone else’s day.

“It feels good helping out with move-in day,” said
Edwards, a freshman linebacker from Alabaster, Ala.
“It’s nice making someone else’s day a little
easier.”

The response from the incoming freshman and parents was
overwhelmingly appreciative.

“All of the parents seemed to be very grateful for our
help,” said Hennigan, a freshman defensive back from
Cookeville.

However, the Tech football players and cheerleaders got more out
of helping with the Great Move-in Day than just a good workout.
This was also an opportunity to meet their new classmates and draw
some more interest in TTU athletics.

“I think we might have made some more Tech football fans
today,” said Towles, a sophomore linebacker from Antioch,
Tenn. “Hopefully some of the people we helped today will come
out and support us.”